You ever do something embarrassing, clumsy, or both with a person you like and/or respect, and you carry around the shame for years, and every time you think of it you cringe, and you finally decide to talk to the person about it to clear the air, and the next time you run into the … Read more
One of my favorite small gustatory pleasures has been the fresh basil rolls at Surin of Thailand. They’re a cold appetizer of rice paper surrounding rice vermicelli, fresh Thai basil, lettuce, bean sprouts, and bits of shrimp and pork, served with a sweet-hot plum-peanut sauce. They’re a definite luxury at $4.50, but absolutely divine. These … Read more
I have a couple of these countdown clocks around. They run on a single AA battery. I like them a lot. I was going to pimp the merchant’s site to you, but it seems it’s gone. This one is counting down to the next time I step on my physician’s scale. You’ll note that I … Read more